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065.0000 Family Cupressaceae Gray; Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 222 (1822), nom. cons.
ca. 30 genera, ca. 160 spp. Phylogeny see Yang et al. (2012)
Species listed in database: 146; hybrids: 11
= Actinostrobaceae Lotsy; Vortr. Bot. Stammesgesch. 3: 98 (1911)
= Arceuthidaceae A.V.Bobrov & Melikyan; Komarovia 4: 79 (2006)
= Athrotaxidoideae L.Chu Li; Acta Phytotax. Sin. 30(4): 339 (1992)
= Athrotaxidaceae Doweld; Prosyllabus Tracheophytorum xix (2001)
= Cryptomeriaceae Gorozh.; Lekts. Morf. Sist. Archegon. 88 (1904)
= Cunninghamiaceae Siebold & Zucc.; Fl. Jap. [Siebold] 2: 1, 3 (1842)
= Diselmaceae A.V.Bobrov & Melikyan; Komarovia 4: 96 (2006)
= Fitzroyaceae A.V.Bobrov & Melikyan; Komarovia 4: 80 (2006)
= Fitzroyaceae C.N.Page; Evol. Arbor. Gymnosperms 2: 41 (2024), nom. illeg.
= Juniperaceae J.Presl & C.Presl; Delic. Prag. 142 (1822)
= Libocedraceae Doweld; Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 33: 42 (2001)
= Limnopityaceae Hayata; Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 46: 25 (1932)
= Metasequoiaceae S.Miki ex Hu & W.C.Cheng; Bull. Fan Mem. Inst. Biol., Bot., n. s. 2, 1: 154 (1948)
= Microbiotaceae Nakai; Tyosen Sanrin Kaiho 165: 13 (1938)
= Neocallitropsidaceae Doweld; Prosyllabus Tracheophytorum xx (2001)
= Pilgerodendraceae A.V.Bobrov & Melikyan; Komarovia 4: 87 (2006)
= Platycladaceae A.V.Bobrov & Melikyan; Komarovia 4: 97 (2006)
= Sequoiaceae K.Koch ex Luerss.; Grundz. Bot. [Luerssen] 265 (1877)
= Sequoiaceae (Saxton) C.N.Page; Evol. Arbor. Gymnosperms 2: 100 (2024), nom. illeg.
= Taiwaniaceae Hayata; Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 46: 26 (1932)
= Taxodiaceae Saporta; Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., Sér. 5, 4: 44 (1865), nom. cons.
= Tetraclinaceae Hayata; Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 46: 27 (1932)
= Thujaceae Burnett; Outlines Bot. [Burnett] 502, 1149 (1835)
= Thujopsidaceae Bessey; Univ. Stud. Nebraska 7: 325 (1907)
= Widdringtoniaceae Doweld; Prosyllabus Tracheophytorum xx (2001)
065.6005 Genus Cupressus L.; Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 2: 1002 (1753)
Distribution: Mediterranean, North Africa and mostly Asia. There are highly conflicting systems. The New World species have been separated as Hesperocyparis.
Species listed in database: 9; hybrids: 1
= Callitropsis Oerst.; Vidensk. Meddel. Naturhist. Foren. Kjøbenhavn, Ser. 2, 7: 16: 32 (1865)
= Platycyparis A.V.Bobrov & Melikyan; Komarovia (2006)
= Shishindenia Makino ex Koidz.; Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 9: 101, japonice. (1940)
= Tassilicyparis A.V.Bobrov & Melikyan; Komarovia (2006)
= xCuprocyparis Farjon; Novon 12(2): 188 (2002)
species :
Cupressus bhutanica Maerki; Bull. Cupressus Conservation Proj. 14(2): 59 (2025), nom. nov. for C. pendula Griff.
Name: Bhutan cypress, Weeping cypress
Distribution: Tibet [I]; Nepal [I]; Bhutan; NE-India (Arunachal Pradesh); Australia [I] (Queensland [I])
36 tib 40 BHU IND nep 50 aus
Conservation Status: IUCN V
Synonyms: hidden
= Cupressus assamica Silba; J. Int. Conifer Preserv. Soc. 1(1): 19 (1994)
= Cupressus cashmeriana Royle ex Carrière; Traite Gen. Conif. ed. 2: 161 (1867)
= Cupressus cashmeriana subsp. himalaica (Silba) Silba; J. Int. Conifer Preserv. Soc. 12(2): 56 (2005)
= Cupressus corneyana Carrière; Traité Gén. Conif. 128 (1855)
= Cupressus corneyana P.A.Dang.; Botaniste, Sér. 3: 177 (1893), nom. illeg., non Knight & Perry ex Carrière
= Cupressus darjeelingensis (Silba) Silba; J. Int. Conifer Preserv. Soc. 1(1): 18 (1994)
= Cupressus himalaica Silba; Phytologia 64(1): 80 (1987)
= Cupressus himalaica var. darjeelingensis Silba; Phytologia 68(1): 29 (1990)
= Cupressus pendula Griff.; Itin. Pl. Khasyah Mts. 131, sub n. 529: 143, sub n. 679a (1848) (non Thunb. (1783))
= Cupressus pseudohimalaica Silba; J. Int. Conifer Preserv. Soc. 1(1): 23 (1994)
= Cupressus tortulosa Griff.; Not. Pl. Asiat. 4: 26 (1854), nom. utique rej. prop.
= Cupressus torulosa subsp. himalaica (Silba) Silba; J. Int. Conifer Preserv. Soc. Revised version 16(1): 49 (2009)
= Juniperus gracilis Carrière; Traité Gén. Conif., éd. 1: 56 (1855)
species :
Cupressus chengiana S.Y.Hu; Taiwania No. 10, 57 (1964)
Name: Cheng cypress
Distribution: China (S-Gansu, N-Sichuan, W-Sichuan)
36 CHI
Conservation Status: IUCN V
Synonyms: hidden
= Chamaecyparis chengiana (S.Y.Hu) Gaussen; Trav. Lab. Forest. Toulouse, Tome 2, sect. 1, vol. 1(2), chap. 13: 58, in clavi, 70 (1968) (sine relat. loc.)
= Cupressus chengiana subsp. kansouensis (Silba) Silba; J. Int. Conifer Preserv. Soc. 12(2): 59 (2005)
= Cupressus chengiana var. kansouensis Silba; J. Int. Conifer Preserv. Soc. 1(1): 25 (1994)
= Cupressus chengiana var. wehchuanhsiensis Silba; J. Int. Conifer Preserv. Soc. 1(1): 25 (1994)
= Cupressus fallax Franco; Portugaliae Acta Biol., Sér. B, Sist. 9: 190 (1969)
variant :
var. jiangensis (Zhao) Silba; Phytologia 49(4): 394 (1981)
Distribution: China (N-Sichuan)
36 CHI
Conservation Status: IUCN E
Synonyms: hidden
= Cupressus chengiana var. jiangensis (N.Chao) C.T.Kuan; Fl. Sichuan. 2: 167 (1983)
= Cupressus chengiana subsp. jiangensis (N.Zhao) Silba; J. Int. Conifer Preserv. Soc. 12(2): 58 (2005)
= Cupressus jiangeensis N.Zhao; Acta Phytotax. Sin. 18(2): 210 (1980)
species :
Cupressus duclouxiana Hickel; Cypres 91 (1914)
Name: Yunnan cypress
Distribution: China (NW-Yunnan, SW-Sichuan)
36 CHI
Conservation Status: IUCN R
Synonyms: hidden
= Cupressus duclouxiana subsp. likiangensis Silba; J. Int. Conifer Preserv. Soc. 15(1): 8 (2008)
species :
Cupressus dupreziana A.Camus; Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. 32: 101 (1926)
Name: Saharan Cypress (EN), Tarout (Tuareg), Tassili-Zypresse (DE)
Distribution: SE-Algeria (Tassili n´Ajjer)
20 ALG
Remarks: sempervirens agg.
Conservation Status: IUCN E. Seriously endangered in the wild, only about 200 trees surviving
Synonyms: hidden
= Cupressus dupreziana subsp. lereddei (Gaussen) Silba; J. Int. Conifer Preserv. Soc. 16(2): 60 (2009)
= Cupressus lereddei Gaussen; Monde Pl. 45: 55 (1950)
= Cupressus sempervirens var. dupreziana (Camus) Silba; Phytologia 49(4): 398 (1981)
= Cupressus sempervirens var. numidica Trab. ex G.Barron; Rev. Hort. Algérie Tunisie Maroc. 17: 309 (1913)
= Tassilicyparis dupreziana (A.Camus) A.V.Bobrov & Melikyan; Komarovia (2006)
variant :
var. atlantica (Gaussen) Silba; J. Int. Conifer Preserv. Soc. 5(2): 29 (1998)
Name: Azel (Berber), Atlas cypress (EN)
Distribution: S-Morocco (High Atlas: Oued-n´Fis valley)
20 MOR
Conservation Status: IUCN E
Synonyms: hidden
= Cupressus atlantica Gaussen; Monde Pl. 45: 55 (1950)
= Cupressus sempervirens var. atlantica (Gaussen) Silba; Phytologia 49(4): 398 (1981)
= Cupressus dupreziana subsp. atlantica (Gaussen) Silba; J. Int. Conifer Preserv. Soc. 12(2): 64 (2005)
species :
Cupressus funebris Endl.; Syn. Conif. 58 (1847)
Name: Chinese weeping cypress
Distribution: Mozambique [I]; Mauritius [I]; China (Guizhou, W-Hunan, Sichuan, Chongqing, ?S-Gansu, ?W-Hubei, ?Shaanxi); Taiwan [I]; Myanmar [I]; Vietnam; Java [I]; Honduras [I]; Puerto Rico [I]
26 moz 29 mau 36 CHI 38 tai 41 mya VIE 42 jaw 80 hon 81 pue
Remarks: widely cultivated in other parts of China
Synonyms: hidden
= Callitropsis funebris (Endl.) de Laub. & Husby; Novon 22(1): 12 (2012)
= Chamaecyparis funebris (Endl.) Franco; Agros (Lisbon) 24: 93 (1941)
= Cupressus funebris var. gracilis Carrière; Traité Gén. Conif., éd. 2, 1: 162 (1867)
= Cupressus pendula Abel; Embassy China [Staunton] 2: 525 (1798)
= Juniperus quaternata Miq.; Index Sem. (Amsterdam) 20 (1853)
= Platycyparis funebris (Endl.) A.V.Bobrov & Melikyan; Komarovia (2006)
species :
Cupressus gansuensis Maerki & J.Hoch; Bull. Cupressus Conservation Proj. 9(1): 4, figs. 1-17 (2020)
Distribution: China (Gansu)
36 CHI
Remarks: provisionally accepted name
species :
Cupressus rushforthii Maerki & J.Hoch; Bull. Cupressus Conservation Proj. 10(2): 57, figs. (2021)
Distribution: China
36 CHI
Remarks: provisionally accepted name
species :
Cupressus sempervirens L.; Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 2: 1002 (1753)
Name: Mittelmeer-Zypresse (DE); Italian Cypress (EN); Cipres funebre, Cipres piramidal (ES)
Distribution: Switzerland [I]; Portugal [I]; Spain [I]; Baleares [I]; France [I]; Monaco [c]; Corsica [I]; Sardinia [I]; Italy [I]; Sicily [I]; Malta [I]; San Marino [I]; Slovenia [I]; Croatia [I]; Bosnia & Hercegovina [I]; Montenegro [I]; Albania [I]; European Turkey [I]; Crete; Crimea [I]; Morocco [I]; Algeria [I]; Tunisia [I]; Libya [I]; Canary Isl. [I] (La Gomera [I], Hierro [I]); Cape Verde Isl. [I] (Ilha de Sao Nicolau [I], Ilha de Sao Tiago [I]); Uzbekistan [I]; East Aegaean Isl. (Chios, Dodecanese, Rhodos); Turkey (Anatolia); Iran; Cyprus; Lebanon; Syria; Israel / Jordania; Saudi Arabia; Yemen; China [I]; Taiwan [I]; Nepal [I]; India [I]; Myanmar [I]; Java [I]; Australia [I] (Queensland [I]); New Zealand [I]; Guam [I]; Honduras [I]; Cuba [I]; Hispaniola [I]; Puerto Rico [I]; Colombia [I]; Isla Margarita [I]; Peru [I]; Bolivia [I]
11 swi 12 bal cor fra mco por sar spa 13 alb bih cro ita KRI mlt mnt sic slv sma tue 14 kry 20 alg lby mor tun 21 cny cvi 32 uzb 34 CYP EAI IRN LEB SYR TUR 35 SAU YEM 36 chi 38 tai 40 ind nep 41 mya 42 jaw 50 aus 51 nzl 62 gum 80 hon 81 cub his pue ven 82 clm 83 bol per
Remarks: sempervirens agg.
Synonyms: hidden
= Cupressus australis Low ex Gordon; Pinetum 72 (1858)
= Cupressus conoidea Spadoni; Xilolog. Picena 1: 189 (1826)
= Cupressus doniana Hook.f.; Fl. Brit. India [J.D.Hooker] 5: 645 (1888)
= Cupressus elongata Salisb.; Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton 397 (1796)
= Cupressus expansa O.Targ.Tozz. ex Steud.; Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2, 1: 455 (1841)
= Cupressus fastigiata DC.; Fl. Franç. [de Candolle & Lamarck], éd. 3, 5: 336 (1815)
= Cupressus foemina Garsault; Fig. Pl. Med., t. 240 (1764), Descr. Pl. Anim. 155 (1767), Thell. in Bull. Herb. Boissier, Sér. 2, 8: 789 (1908)
= Cupressus globulifera Parl.; Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., Sér. 4, 13: 377 (1860)
= Cupressus horizontalis Mill.; Gard. Dict., ed. 8: no. 2 (1768)
= Cupressus horizontalis var. pendula Endl.; Syn. Conif. 56 (1847)
= Cupressus lugubris Salisb.; Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton 397 (1796)
= Cupressus mas Garsault; Fig. Pl. Med., t. 240 (1764), Descr. Pl. Anim. 155 (1767), Thell. in Bull. Herb. Boissier, Sér. 2, 8: 789 (1908)
= Cupressus orientalis Beissn.; Handb. Nadelholzk. 102 (1891)
= Cupressus patula Spadoni; Xilolog. Picena 1: 193 (1826)
= Cupressus pyramidalis Targ.-Tozz.; Ann. Mus. Imp. Fis. Firenze 2(2): 73 (1810)
= Cupressus roylei Carrière; Traité Gén. Conif., éd. 1: 128 (1855)
= Cupressus sempervirens subsp. horizontalis (Mill.) A.Camus; Cypres 33 (1914)
= Cupressus sempervirens subsp. indica (Parl.) Silba; J. Int. Conifer Preserv. Soc. 12(2): 97 (2005)
= Cupressus sempervirens var. fastigiata Hansen
= Cupressus sempervirens var. globulifera Parl.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 16(2): 469 (1868)
= Cupressus sempervirens var. horizontalis (Mill.) G.Don; Hort. Brit. [Loudon] 38 (1830)
= Cupressus sempervirens var. indica Parl.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 16(2.2): 471 (1868)
= Cupressus sempervirens var. pyramidalis Nyman; Consp. Fl. Eur. 675 (1882)
= Cupressus sempervirens var. sphaerocarps (Parl.) Parl.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 16(2): 468 (1868)
= Cupressus sempervirens var. stricta Aiton; Hort. Kew. [W.Aiton] 3: 372 (1789)
= Cupressus sempervirens var. umbilicata (Parl.) Parl.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 16(2): 469 (1868)
= Cupressus sphaerocarpa Parl.; Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., Sér. 4, 13: 378 (1860)
= Cupressus stricta Mill. ex Gordon; Pinetum 67 (1858)
= Cupressus thujaeformis Parker ex Gordon; Pinetum, Suppl. 26 (1862)
= Cupressus thujaeoides Low ex Gordon; Pinetum, Suppl. 26 (1862)
= Cupressus thujifolia Knight ex Gordon; Pinetum 69 (1858)
= Cupressus tournefortii Audib.; Index Sem. (Naples, Neapolitano) 1853: 4 (1853)
= Cupressus umbilicata Parl.; Index Sem. (Florence) 22 (1860)
= Juniperus whitleyana Miq.; Index Sem. (Amsterdam) 21 (1853)
species :
Cupressus torulosa D.Don; Descr. Pinus [Lambert], ed. 1, 2: 18 (1824)
Name: Bhutan cypress, Himalayan cypress
Distribution: Zimbabwe [I]; E-Tibet; S-Tibet; Nepal; Bhutan; N-India (Jammu & Kashmir, etc.); Myanmar [I]; ?Vietnam; Australia [I] (Queensland [I])
26 zim 36 TIB 40 BHU IND NEP 41 mya 50 aus
Synonyms: hidden
= Cupressus austrotibetica Silba; Phytologia 65(5): 334 (1988)
= Cupressus austrotibetica subsp. medogensis Silba; J. Int. Conifer Preserv. Soc. 20(1): 27 (2013)
= Cupressus austrotibetica subsp. tongmaiensis (Silba) Silba; J. Int. Conifer Preserv. Soc. 20(1): 28 (2013)
= Cupressus corneyana Knight; Syn. Conif. 19 (1847)
= Cupressus duclouxiana subsp. austrotibetica (Silba) Silba; J. Int. Conifer Preserv. Soc. 12(2): 62 (2005)
= Cupressus flagelliformis Knight; Syn. Conif. 20 (1847)
= Cupressus funebris subsp. tonkinensis (Silba) Silba; J. Int. Conifer Preserv. Soc. 12(2): 67 (2005)
= Cupressus gigantea subsp. ludlowii (Silba) Silba; J. Int. Conifer Preserv. Soc. 12(2): 70 (2005)
= Cupressus gigantea subsp. tongmaiensis (Silba) Silba; J. Int. Conifer Preserv. Soc. 12(2): 71 (2005)
= Cupressus karnaliensis Silba; J. Int. Conifer Preserv. Soc. 1(1): 19 (1994)
= Cupressus karnaliensis subsp. mustangensis (Silba) Silba; J. Int. Conifer Preserv. Soc. 12(2): 78 (2005)
= Cupressus karnaliensis var. mustangensis Silba; J. Int. Conifer Preserv. Soc. 1(1): 22 (1994)
= Cupressus lusitanica subsp. torulosa (D.Don) Silba & Brian Chen; J. Int. Conifer Preserv. Soc. 12(2): 85 (2005)
= Cupressus lusitanica subsp. torulosa (D.Don) Silba & D.Z.Fu; Acta Bot. Yunnan. 28(5): 470 (2006), isonym
= Cupressus majestica Duch.; Man. Gén. Pl. [Jacques & Hérincq] 4: 326 (1857)
= Cupressus nepalensis Loudon; Encycl. Trees Shrubs 1118 (1842)
= Cupressus pakistanensis Silba; J. Int. Conifer Preserv. Soc. 15(1): 4 (2008)
= Cupressus tongmaiensis Silba; J. Int. Conifer Preserv. Soc. 1(1): 24 (1994)
= Cupressus tongmaiensis var. ludlowii Silba; J. Int. Conifer Preserv. Soc. 1(1): 24 (1994)
= Cupressus tonkinensis Silba; J. Int. Conifer Preserv. Soc. 1(1): 23 (1994)
= Cupressus torulosa subsp. karnaliensis (Silba) Silba; J. Int. Conifer Preserv. Soc. 18(1): 26 (2011)
= Cupressus torulosa var. cashmeriana (Royle ex Carrière) A.H.Kent; Man. Conif., ed. 2 [Veitch] 284 (1900)
= Cupressus torulosa var. corneyana (Carrière & Carrière) Carrière; Traité Gén. Conif., éd. 2: 151 (1867)
= Cupressus torulosa var. juniperoides Carrière; Traité Gén. Conif., éd. 2: 152 (1867)
= Cupressus torulosa var. microcarpa Carrière; Traité Gén. Conif., éd. 2: 153 (1867)
= Cupressus torulosa var. nana Gordon & Glend.; Pinetum 71 (1858)
= Cupressus torulosa var. tournefortii (Ten.) Carrière; Traité Gén. Conif., éd. 2: 152 (1867)
= Cupressus tournefortii Ten.; Index Sem. (Naples, Neapolitano) (1852). Cf. Mem. Soc. It. Sci. Modena 25(2): 194 (1855)
= Juniperus corneyana Dallim. & A.B.Jacks.; Handb. Conif. [Dallimore & Jackson] 225 (1923), syn.
= Juniperus pendula Parl.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 16(2,2): 470 (1868)
= Sabina corneyana Antoine; Cupress.-Gatt. 54, t. 74 (1857)
= Thuja curviramea Miq.; Index Sem. (Amsterdam) 21 (1853)
variant :
var. gigantea (C.Y.Cheng, W.C.Cheng & L.K.Fu) Farjon; Monogr. Cupressaceae Sciadopitys 224 (2005)
Name: Tsangpo River cypress
Distribution: China (NW-Yunnan); SE-Tibet
36 CHI TIB
Conservation Status: IUCN V
Synonyms: hidden
= Cupressus gigantea C.Y.Cheng, W.C.Cheng & L.K.Fu; Acta Phytotax. Sin. 13(4): 85 (1975)
species :
Cupressus ×wangii J.Hoch, Maerki & Rushforth; Bull. Cupressus Conservation Proj. 9(2): 20, figs., 2-5 (2020)
Distribution: China (Gansu)
36 CHI
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